The Supreme Court has deferred the judgment on the case challenging the payment of salaries to spouses of the President and Vice president to July 27. This will be the second time the apex court is adjourning the ruling of the case which was filed by South Dayi Member of …
Read More »GHS: No Ebola Case Recorded In Ghana; It’s Only A Simulation Exercise
Ghana has not recorded any case of Ebola, the Ghana Health Service said on Wednesday, 22 June 2022. Some media reports had claimed a case had been recorded in Tamale, the capital of the Northern Region. However, the Director-General of the health service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, told journalists at …
Read More »Covid-19 Expenditure: Government Spent ¢12bn Between 2020, 2021 – Ofori-Atta
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has announced that a total of ¢12.04 billion has been expended so far on Covid-19. According to figures put out by the Finance Minister in his address to Parliament on Wednesday, June 22, an amount of ¢11.16 billion was allocated for expenditures related to Covid-19. …
Read More »Ofori-Atta : GH¢143m Was Spent On Free Water And Electricity During Covid-19 [ Full Text]
The Finance Minister has revealed that the government spent GH¢143 million on the provision of free water and electricity for lifeline consumers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ken Ofori-Atta said that even though GH¢200 million was budgeted for the policy, not all was expended. He disclosed this while delivering his statement …
Read More »OccupyGhana To Lands Commission : Specify When You Will Give Us Information On All Released Lands
Civil Society Group, OccupyGhana has asked the Lands Commission to provide a date on which their request on June 2, for information on all released lands by the Commission could be received. In a letter dated June 21 addressed to the Ag. Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, OccupyGhana, indicated …
Read More »Henry Quartey Leads Soldiers To Pull Down All Private Properties On 200 Acres Of CSIR land
Greater Accra Regional Minister Henry Quartey has said: “On Wednesday, 22nd June 2022, I led members of the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) to undertake a demolition exercise on 200 acres of fenced land belonging to the State under the care of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSRI)”. …
Read More »Done Deal: Kumasi-based Sompa FM Sports Team Unveiled
The General Manager of Teraone media, Mr. Collins Amo-Poku has finally revealed to the impatient but tolerance audience of the media firm, finally confirming that the media firm is no longer skulking around in finding the sports presenters for the media conglomerate but reiterated that the sports team is ready …
Read More »Burkina Faso’s Coup Leader Surprisingly Confers With Ex-President
Burkina Faso’s military ruler has in a surprise move met the president he overthrew in a coup last January. Former President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was accompanied by another former president, Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo. Officials said the meeting showed Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba’s desire for reconciliation and that the country’s security …
Read More »Ashanti Region: We Are Sick, Tired Of Joblessness — Youth Demonstrate Over Unemployment [Photos]
Scores of residents within Obuasi in the Ashanti Region have embarked on a demonstration over what they described as worsening unemployment among the youth in the mining community. The protestors want the management of Anglogold Ashanti to absorb them into the mining company. They wielded placards with …
Read More »Malawi President Strips Deputy Of Powers Over $150m Corruption Scandal
The President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera has stripped his Vice-President Saulos Chilima of all his delegated powers after the latter was named in a US $150 million corruption scandal involving government contracts. The vice-president has not yet responded to the allegations. A report by the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) …
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